The overall objective of the PEACE III Programme is to reinforce progress towards a peaceful society and promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland. Building on the success and lessons of the PEACE I (1995-99) and PEACE II (2000-06) Programmes, the PEACE III Programme will have a continued emphasis on reconciliation and will specifically focus on acknowledging and dealing with the conflict, building positive relations and contributing towards a shared society.

At a local level the three Councils of North Down, Ards and Down District have come together to establish a PEACE III Partnership which will develop and implement a Phase II PEACE III Plan (2009 – 2013) for the area, which aims to;

“Build Positive relations at the local level by challenging attitudes towards sectarianism and racism and to support conflict resolution at the local community level”.

In order to develop the Plan the PEACE III Partnership wishes to consult with communities and key stakeholders to identify the needs and issues of the Cluster area, in relation to sectarianism and racism.

The following Public Consultation events will be organised in different venues across the cluster during June 2010.

]]>https://pcnnews.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/peninsula-community-network-meeting/feed/0pcnnewsblogGreyabbey CPLC AGMhttps://pcnnews.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/greyabbey-cplc-agm/
https://pcnnews.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/greyabbey-cplc-agm/#respondWed, 17 Mar 2010 12:08:22 +0000http://pcnnews.wordpress.com/?p=70Our collegues in Greyabbey CPLC are holding their Annual General Meeting on March 24th at 8pm in Greyabbey Parish Hall. If you have views on Policing in the villages of Greyabbey, Kircubbin, or Ballyhalbert, and their surrounding areas, you are more than welcome to attend and learn about the work of the CPLC and the PSNI Neighbourhood Policing Team.

Have you been affected by the cancer diagnosis of a close family member or friend?

Would you like to influence and have an input into the type of support and information to suit your needs?

If these questions apply to you, we would like to invite you to come along to our support group.

The group meets on the first Wednesday of every month and the next meeting will take place on 3rd March 2010 at 7.30 pm in Portaferry Credit Union, The Square, Portaferry.

This group is supported and facilitated by East Down Rural Community Network and the Ulster Cancer Foundation. For further information please contact Frances Hughes, EDRCN on 028 9182 8884 or Eileen Creery, UCF on 028 9066 3281. Alternatively for general queries or advice on Cancer Support etc please use UCF freephone helpline 0800 783 3339.

The first group images are in from Millisle Community Association and Ballyhalbert Heritage & Regeneration Group for the ‘Action for Rural Roads Campaign’

Above from Millisle is an image of a lay-by which is a prime example of the skewed priorities of those departments responsibie for roads maintenance. Apparently this rarely used lay-by took a day to repair, filling in several potholes, while the roads coming into Millisle are broken, potholed, and ignored. One road is actually splitting two, and a picture of that will be on-line shortly.

In Ballyhalbert the issue of a lack of footpath for children to safely walk to school is still an issue, with the only current ‘solution’ being a proposal to vest land from elderly residents to create ‘sections’ of path, but this won’t happen for a number of years yet. Also the resurfacing work on high street in the village was never finished leaving high kerbs, raised manholes, and a small lake forming outside the local primary school. This is despite the Roads Services annual report stating work in the area has been successfully completed.

More pictures are needed PCN members so email them in as soon as possible to either or Frances Hughes – frances@eastdownrcn.com, Sandra Henderson – sandra@eastdownrcn.com, or Nick Moore – nmoore@communityofballyhalbert.org.uk

We’re ready to receive your submissions for the ‘Action for Rural Roads Campaign’. As we discussed at our last meeting, choose a roads feature in your area that you would like to focus on, then take pictures, or consider doing a video feature at the site with a volunteer explaining the problem (Nick Moore can help with a video camera, tripod, etc, if required) and send them in to either – nmoore@communityofballyhalbert.org.uk or frances@eastdownrcn.com.

If you aren’t keen on appearing ‘on screen’ take several photos and write a short explanation about the road issue and we’ll see about narrating the piece in our final video presentation. For any further details don’t hesitate to get in touch, and don’t forget to let your members and anyone else know about this site. Encourage people to visit and use the poll to regiater their opinon on the state of the Peninsula’s roads.

“Walk For Haiti” – 10k walk, organised by Portaferry Gala
Registration and leaving from The Market House, The Square @ 11am
Admission: £5 per person.
Children under 16 go free and must be accompanied by an adult.